SoT 314 – Sensitive New Age Gorillas
- November 15, 2018
- Tagged as: dung beetles, Gorillas, Hubble Space Telescope, pollution, whales
Hubble fixed, worms in dung beetle genitals, noise and pollution hurting whales, and babysitting gorillas.
SoT 306: Don’t Call It A Wolphin
- August 12, 2018
- Tagged as: bats, dolphins, Dr. Pamela Gay, ebola, evolution, hurricanes, hybrid, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, lizards, particle physics, whales, wolphin
A new Ebola virus, lizards evolve better grip after hurricanes, hybrid cross of two dolphins is not a ‘wolphin’ and the LHC has test-fired bunches of atoms.
Different styles of whale song, massive solar flares and really hot chillies!
SoT 266: Sperm Whales Have Teeth
- June 10, 2017
- Tagged as: drones, dugongs, ecology, evolution, gastric bypass surgery, Great Barrier Reef, gut microbiome, whales
Why are giant whales so big? Gastric bypass changes gut flora, dugongs making a slow comeback, and underwater drone improvements.
SoT 180: Condescending Chameleons
- March 23, 2015
- Tagged as: astronomy, atmosphere, bacteria, chameleons, crystallography, Grandmother Hypothesis, killer whales, menopause, methane, microbes, obesity, sewage, Uranus, whales
Methane storms on Uranus, reasons for menopause, chameleon colours explained, and sewage as an indicator of obesity.
SoT 138: The Undistributed Middle
- March 13, 2014
- Tagged as: health monitor, heart monitor, hurricanes, paleontology, whales, wind farms, wind turbines
Wind turbines, hurricanes, ancient whale bones and a sock for your heart!
SoT 137: It’s Just Like College
- March 5, 2014
- Tagged as: Age of the Earth, dogs, language, new species, Vaccines, whales
Warm vaccines, the oldest crystal, counting whales, dogs in fMRI and sex-crazed marsupials!
SoT 6: Frolicking Death Trap
- April 27, 2011
- Tagged as: ancestors, astronomy, bacteria, binary stars, language, pluto, whales
Language May Have Helped Early Humans Spread Out of Africa Pluto.
Podcast Reviews
- Great Show
September 6, 2012 by Volk613 from AustraliaAlways informative, often entertaining. Great selection of regulars with a variety of interests and expertise. Also great guests with and Australian focus.
- Great science roundup
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- Fun and smartJune 17, 2012 by wertys from Australia
I have enjoyed this podcast b/c it is very funny banter about science stories but there is also a serious edge to the analysis. It's proof that you can be amusing and entertaining as well as giving the science content its due. Highly recommended weekly listening.